this morning on "early today," high cost oops. updated poll numbers show plummeting support for rick perry after his infamous debate moment. showdown in oregon, police in riot gear square off with occupy portland protesters. and brooms up. life imitates art as teams gather to compete in the fifth life imitates art as teams gather to compete in the fifth an yud quiddich cup. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello and good morning. i'm veronica de la cruz. today we begin with a numbers game. gop presidential contenders squared off in another debate over the weekend as new poll

numbers revealed what a difference a week can make in a race that's very much up for grabs. brian moore has the details. >> at this beakend's presidential debate on cbs, rick perry made light of his unforgettable memory lapse. >> if you eliminate the department of energy -- >> you remembered it. >> i've had some time to think about it, sir. >> me, too. >> so have voters. after a week of wild developments, nbc news resurveyed some participants in this latest poll and found perry is free falling while newt gingerich is suddenly on the rise. herman cain's sexual harassment allegations haven't hurt, but certainly have not helped. mitt romney has seen a bump, but not a breakout. what you're seeing consistently is that romney is having a lot

of trouble getting much beyond a quarter of if republican vote. you still feel there's an opening for another republican candidate. >> and that leaves no ray of hope for michele bachmann whose polling adds 4%. >> the voters have not made up their minds. this is wide open. >> which may be true, but isn't good news for any of the republican candidates. brian moore, nbc news, washington. elsewhere, it was a tumultuous weekend of confrontationes and arrests for several protesters in several cities across the country. in oregon, more than 50 were arrest arrested. protesters are vowing to relocate within the city later today. in colorado, four people were arrested as authorities took down an illegal encampment. eviction notices are piling up in oakland as protesters have an encampment in front of city

hall. meanwhile, a iraq war veteran whose skull was fractured last month has been released from the hospital. in the wake of a disturbing chiemtd sex abuse scandal at penn state, officials expect more victims to come forward. nbc's jay gray has more. >> later this week, former penn state vice president gary schultz and athletic director tim krurley will be in court charged with lying to cover up a sexual assault scandal at the university. >> this is an ongoing investigation. >> and a continuing struggle. >> yeah. it's a little somber. >> the things that were normal are not there any more. >> reporter: searching for normalcy on sunday -- >> this has been a week of shock and shame and dealing with

something that we thought we would never deal with. >> reporter: many here turn to a higher power. >> there is coming day when everything will be put right, when every wound will be healed, every tear will be wiped away. those of us who know him have placed our trust in him, placed our hope in him. we know that. >> reporter: though clearly the faith and hope in this community and on campus is being tested like never before. jay gray, nbc news, university park, pennsylvania. now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. high speed wind gusts carved a path of wreckage through parts of southern colorado over the weekend. powerful winds toppled trees, damaged cars, ripped roofs off some homes and toppled power lines. officials say wind speeds may have hit over 100 miles per hour in some areas. a brazen thief may have

turned abraham lincoln's burial site into a crime scene. a three-foot southward was swiped. authorities believe it occurred between september and early november. officials say a sword was nabbed from the state statue over 100 years ago. finally, over 2000 athletes arrived in new york city with brooms in their hands for the 2011 quiddich world cup. inspired by j.k. ruling's harry potter series. in the final, the snitch was caught for a win over the university of florida florida in its fifth consecutive quiddich cup. now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. quiddich much lately, bill? >> you're not punking me, that's a real thing? >> it really is. you saw it. >> that's an organized event

held by colleges? >> you saw it. >> i'm going to look into that. >> good morning, everybody. hope you had a nice weekend, whatever you were doing. we were as warm as 70 degrees in chicago. i know it was windy, but it was still very warm. we were very windy all the way through the central plains. in texas, we were in the 80s yesterday. florida was in the 80s. sechts and 60s up and down the eastern seaboard. mostly it was dry, too. there's a storm system brewing here. we have a storm system that associated itself with a storm system in the southwest. there's just enough return flow out of the gulf to spark showers and storms today and a lot of us have a chance at wet weather. it's not going to rain all day. but if you were in the cleveland area, detroit, columbus, anywhere on interstate 70 through indianapolis, back down to st. louis, there's showers and storms out there, even a few thunderstorms in central illinois. as we go through the day, along

that front, that's where we have a chance of showers and storms. later today, maybe thunderstorms, dallas, san antonio, new orleans. it's really the deep south up through the tennessee valley into the great lakes that has a chance of showers and later today as we go up through northern new england. everyone else fell on the eastern seaboard looking for a dry day. that's a look at your national forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. in boston, massachusetts, a slight chance of showers later today. that's not going to be much of a big deal. cincinnati, ohio, we have a chance of showers and storms at any time this morning. pittsburgh will be the same for you as we go throughout the afternoon. there's really not a lot of dramatic weather this week. it's a nice, quiet, middle of november. >> for those folks getting rain, you're supposed to bring the sunshine. >> eventually, some day. >> good. hope in italy, boeing scores a big one and why jay-z is in the occupied dog house. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, sand and sandels brings

adam sandler in drag at the box office. coming up, the patriots own the jets and love was in the air in dallas. you're watching "early today."

good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. president obama is using unusually tough language with china over its monetary trade policy saying enough is enough at the apec summit in high. the president said china is now grownup and should act that way in global economic affairs. syria has called for an emergency arab summit. it is an apparent effort to avoid sanctions agreed upon by the arab league for its violent eight-month crackdown on protesters. a russian spacecraft carrying an american took off

this morning on a mission to the international space station. the launch had been delayed tore to two months due to the crashed of an unmanned cargo ship in august. england's duchess of cambridge kate middleton appeared at a ceremony on sunday. the queen was also in attendance. and a rare 1903 program from the first modern world series has sold at auction for a staggering $241,000. the auction house says only one other known copy exists in the baseball hall of fame. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,153 after leaping 259 points friday. the s&p climbed 24 points. the nasdaq jumped 53. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei gained 89 points while in hong kong the hang seng rose 371.

italians danced in the streets this weekend over prime minister silvio berlusconi leaving office. today, they may be dancing a little on wall street, as well. italy is not out of the woods yet, but mario monti will help negotiate additional measures. the s&p managed to end the week up almost 1% after tumbling nearly 4% last wednesday. also friday, data showed november's consumer confidence rose to a five-month high. this week, analyst expect continued improvement in retail sales figures released tuesday. big retailers are set to report this week. the last of earnings season, walmart, a key indicator of spending reports as the youth retailer abercrombie and fitch.

dubai placed the biggest order with boeing ever. euro fears easing, another potential wall street is rising on the horizon. with the november 23rd deadline looming, the bipartisan congressional committee negotiating the debt ceiling will come into more urgent focus. and finally, jay-z has retreated. after catching heat from all sides for unveiling t-shirts sympathyizing with occupy wall street but shares no profits with protesters, he quickly dropped them. well, the the pat's bounce back, the 49ers strike gold and a bad play call in overtime sinks the falcons. mrus we'll explain why a buffalo bill raced across an entire field to give a cowboy cheerleader his touchdown ball. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. and the weather to start

your workweek, not too bad. you will need the umbrella in many spots. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today."

very good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, the new york jets were flying high. the visiting new england patriots were on a losing streak. so they went out and proved once

again in their long time rivalry that anything can and does happen. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. good morning. the patriots proved once again they own the jets. tom brady and company had a field gay in new york, threw three touchdown passes. new england up, 13-9 at the half. if the offense wasn't scoring, the defense was. pick mark sanchez twice. this one sealed it. 37-16. who would have thought the 49ers would be this good. san francisco, eli manning had a chance to tie, but his pass was batted down. 9ers won again, 27-20. falcons lost again. point the finger at mike smith. michael turner was stuck. new orleans got the ball, kicked a game-winning field goal. saints won it, 26-23. if you give devin hester an inch, he's going to take a mile.

found a hole and there he goes. 82 yards for the touchdown. bears beat the lions, 37-13, detroit has dropped three, up four. tim tebow did it again, won another game with smoke and mirrors. completed just two passes, but made them count. denver ran 55 times and walked away with a 17-10 victory over the chiefs. nascar kasey kahne took the checkered flag in phoenix. tony stewart trails carl edwards by three points in the race for the cup. finally, in dallas, the bills david nelson caught a touchdown in the second quarter. instead of celebrating with his team, he was off to the races. he sprinted down the sidelines. where is he going? zoned in on a cowboy cheerleader and gave her the ball. actually, that's his girlfriend. they grew up together. no love loss for the cowboy webs who won big, 44-7. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. kris and kim sue over fake

wedding claims and justin keeps his word. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, when one husband's blunder sent his wife down in the dumps, she headed straight for the dump. we'll explain. you're watching "early today."

welcome back on this monday morning. hopefully you had a wonderful weekend. the weather cooperated in most cases. today, not too much. we're going to have an area of rain develop.

pretty large shield of it, too. right now, it's through the ohio valley. those develop down to the tennessee valley and with showers and storms down into texas. those are the areas you need your umbrella today. east coast, everyone is fine for the most part. northern new england has a chance for rain showers. all of that rain shifts east for your day tomorrow. that wet weather system will effect the southeast and atlantic. if you're watching nis dayton, ohio, uncover the complexities of how the bodies of different animals work. see the mechanics of it all at the robot zoo. >> a little different. >> very cool. okay. now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. the gods in greece extended their role at the box office this weekend. 60% of its audience was made up of males just like you, bill, and it should continue to draw well in weeks ahead dominated by family films and chick flicks.

adam sandler's comedy "jack and jill" finished in second edging out the two-time champ "puss in boots" but we heard the reviews were horrible. jay edgar hoover finished fifth with $12 million. and both chrkris humphries kim kardashian are apparently lawyering after after accusations that their wedding was fabricated for tv. and the whole kardashian thing, what do you think? >> does it matter? >> yeah, i think you're right. >> does it really matter if it was real or planned or -- it's just over. >> i think it was staged, but go ahead and send us a tweet and let us know what you think. this comes to us from wtvj

nbc miami in florida where one husband went to extreme measures to correct the bone headed mistake that he made with his wife's diamond ripping. anna became an emotional wreck after learning her husband accidently put her engagement ring into the trash. after 90 minutes of sifting through trash, muck and unbearable stench, he found that ring and returned home to a hero's welcome. can you imagine? >> the pressure of -- >> the pressure. >> certain situations you don't want to be in. >> and then digging through the dump on top of that. >> gross. >> exactly. i'm veronica dela crew. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station.

>> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet start on this monday. in the 50's in many locations right now. 56 at the airport. 49 in taneytown. we will see variable clouds. 30% chance for a rain shower later this afternoon. a high temperature neared 67. we'll come back and check the forecast for the rest of the week. >> 55 degrees on tv hill. the latest into the investigation of alleged sex abuse scandal at penn state

university. >> a suspected increased to the bottle tax. >> the ravens were not able to beat the seahawks. >> sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. one problem on northern parkway. we will check on the major

[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> a disappointing performance from the ravens as they lose to the seattle seahawks. i didn't find that until 11:00 p.m. last night. good morning. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara.